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LED Pods for fog lights, draining battery?

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Old 01-19-2017, 06:36 PM
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Default LED Pods for fog lights, draining battery?

I just recently mounted two led Pod lights in the bumper and wired them up to the original fog light wires (the red and black +/-). Now my battery is being drained and then dead. I tried pulling out the fog relay to see if that would keep power with the lights not working but it still killed the battery? I'm not good with electical but have a good idea with most maybe I have a bad battery or something totally different?
 
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I don't see how it can be the lights draining your battery. If the fog lights are off, there is no flow. If the lights were drawing current, they would light up. You can try disconnecting the lights for a bit and see what changes.
 

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I also have a wire connected off the positive terminal also one off the negative terminal they both lead to nothing (i'm waiting on a switch) but could that be what's draining the power? I have the end's tapped up as well
 
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You problem may be a bad battery or alternator. Have both checked, or check them with a multimeter.
 




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